British Man Faces Four Years In Prison… For Having A POTATO PEELER In Public
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May 3, 2018Britain is getting SUPER SERIOUS about weapons, y’all.
As I mentioned a while back, there was a SUPER SUCCESSFUL weapons sweep in London that yielded some…um… interesting results. (They took people’s wrenches and scissors.)
Now they’re putting daaangerous criminals away!
For example, Scott Walker, who dared go out in public with a potato peeler in his hand!
WHAT A MONSTER.
A British man was arrested Saturday after he was found walking the streets of Dunfermline, Scotland, with a potato peeler.
Scott Walker, 39, appeared before the Dunfermline Sheriff Court Monday, where he was charged under Criminal Law Act 1995 for carrying “an article which had a blade or which was sharply pointed, namely a potato peeler,” the Dunfermline Press reported.
WTF WTF WTF?
PS how do you even injure someone with a potato peeler? That sounds dificult.
The man faces up to four years in prison for carrying the kitchen utensil in public without good reason.
Walker’s defense solicitor said in court Monday her client “suffers from significant learning difficulties which have been lifelong.”
So they’re gonna put a guy with “significant learning disabilities” through being arrested, a trial, and possibly imprisonment for carrying around the least dangerous of all kitchen utensils.
Wow. Good work, GB!
It is illegal in the United Kingdom to carry a knife longer than three inches in public “without good reason.” What constitutes a “good reason” to carry a knife is a decision made on a case-by-case basis by the courts.
“A court will decide if you’ve got a good reason to carry a knife or a weapon if you’re charged with carrying it illegally,” the UK government states on its website.
Excellent system, GB. Killin’ it.
The arrest comes amid a nationwide rise in violent crime for the UK. More than 60 people have been murdered in stabbings in London so far in 2018, prompting Mayor Sadiq Khan to initiate a new “knife control” initiative to keep sharply pointed objects off the streets.
“No Excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife,” Khan tweeted in April. “Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law.”
So, they might be sending some disabled man to jail for carrying a potato peeler.
Really cracking down on the issues, I see.
